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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Windhover," lines 1-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "B" lines"?
(a) Eye.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Slant.
(d) Feminine.

2. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?
(a) The windhover.
(b) The speaker.
(c) Christ.
(d) The air.

3. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?
(a) "Rolling."
(b) "Level."
(c) "Air."
(d) "Him."

4. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) Christ.
(b) A Victorian minister.
(c) The poet's spouse.
(d) Matthew Arnold.

5. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Asyndeton.
(d) Atanaclasis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?

2. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?

3. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

4. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?

5. What is the common name of the titular bird?

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